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I wrote the below on the notes app of my phone in fits and starts on public transport over the last month or so. By fiddling away at it, cutting and adding...
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|| "We are like the spider. We weave our life & move along it. We are like the dreamer who dreams & then lives in the dream." // “I buy a wrap and a fizzy...
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I went to an archive for the first time last week. It was the Harry Ransom Center, which is part of the University of Texas at Austin. The archive is housed...
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The Brutalist (Brady Corbet, 2024) “Can we say that all lives, works, and deeds that matter were never anything but the undisturbed unfolding of the most...
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As per tradition, a roundup of things from across 2024 for the last mailing of the year. I’ve posted my review of music and film, and here are my games of...
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I managed to get tickets for three Arsenal games this month. I hadn’t been to a live (men’s) game since around 2005, so that first return felt momentous and...
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About a month ago MP said that “work, ideally, provides useful metaphors for life.” I still don’t know exactly what this means, but I have not stopped...
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I think that almost everything that people know about now comes from the videos on our phones. In the barbershop yesterday, the other guy getting a haircut...
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“I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find...
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“I was walking to the gym with Svetlana and we passed a guy I knew from linguistics class. “Hey Selin, how’s it going,” he said. I paused to reply. Svetlana...
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I saw the first The Lord of the Rings film recently in the cinema. It was a fantastic experience. I have no real idea if the film is actually any good,...
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The first of the fellas got married this weekend. A lovely and sunny day, it was soundtracked by Sophie Ellis Bextor, 5ive, Sugababes, and Kylie Minogue....
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[ 17 / 03 / 2024 ] “What’s a good life?” [...] "I joke that our job is like curling. The thing is moving and we just have to sweep it and make sure it goes...
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[ 26 / 02 / 24 ] "And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own,And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own,And that all the men...
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[ 07 / 02 / 24 ] "So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk,City lights lay out before us,And your arm...
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[ 02 / 02 / 24 ] The man sat opposite me on the tube has bought a new steam iron and his purchase isn’t bagged. He is resting it on his knee. To me, this...
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[ 27 / 01 / 24 ] "I know now love was so exciting /Tinseltown in the rain /Oh men and women /Here we are, caught up in this big rhythm." It can be hard to...